190 MALPIGHIACEAE boncbosia 



nenle, rabiua marginata neo rare maeula glandnloaa dopliel nolata; petioll baal 

 breviter atipulali, alipulia aubinlerioriboi connlvenlibni calloaia. Baeemorom 

 pednnculi oommunea aaepe geminati, piiis adpreaaia (novellarnm et rroetanm 

 Junioram insiar) aericei, llorifcri breviaaimi, baal braclea lubaequall aonlaatipali, 

 apice bibracleolati , braeteola altera ad <inrsi baain glandulam laleraliter adnalam 

 orbicnlarem gerenle, cnm pedieello vi\ longiorl arlicnlaii. Drapa refert i'ru- 

 »um irmciiKiciun, nucleua iliciiur vcnenosus. — Creacil In Perovia prope Cbaoea. 



3. 11. BONPLANDIANA Adr. Juss. l. c. 338. Foliia late lanceolalia, in ac n 



deainentibus glabria; caljce 10-glandnloao; ovnrio 3-locularl glabro; st\Ms dia- 

 linctia. 5 vel £ — Rami lobcomplanali glabri, lcnticellis brevibna linearibna notati. 

 Folia late lanceolata (poll. (5-4 longa, 2'A-l'A lata) in acumen dcsincniia, glabra 

 (si pilos parvos raros paginac inferiori adprcssos ncc nisi lenlis ope conapi- 

 cicndos cxcipias), sublus pallidiora, ncrvis mcdio primariisque proinineniibus, 

 juxla basin maculis 2 glandulosis imprcssa, peliolo semipollicari glabro , supra 

 canaliculato supraque basin bistipulato, stipulis intcrioribus crassis, quasi in 

 unam axillarem connivcntibus. Rami axillarcs, intcrdum gcminali, circitcr 2-pol- 

 licares et 8-fIori ; pcdunculi diversorum ordinum pilis adprcssis puberuli, llori- 

 feri lin. 2-3 longi , cum pcdiccllo subacquali articulati, basi bracleaii el apiee 

 bibracteolati, bracteolis basi glanduloso-incrassatis. Calycinae laciniae omnea 

 biglandulosae, glandula adjccta lin. 2 longae, glabrae ciliatac. 1'etala paullo 

 longiora unguiculata glabra. Stamina glabra, filamenlis in tubum calyci aubaequa- 

 lem coalitis, supra vix exserlis, antheris subrotundis. Ovarium ovoideum gla- 

 brum. Styli 3 dislincti breves, singuli stigmalc discoideo lerminali. Fruclus non 

 suppelit. — Crescit in Amcrica intratropica. 



4. B. GAUDICHAIDIANA Adr. Juss. I. c. 333. — Foliis magnis ovalis, breviter acu- 

 minalis, puberulis glabralisve, tenuibus; calyce 5-glanduloso; ovario triloculari 

 glabro; stylis distinctis vel cohaerenlibus. 5 vel 6 — Rami juniores compressi, 

 pilis adpressis conspersi, adulli glabrali, lenticcllarum luberculis scabriusculi. 

 Folia ovata cum acumine brevi (poll. G-4 longa, 3-2 lala), pilis adpressis rcmole 

 conspersa vel seniora glabrala, subtus nervis prominulis reliculala ct secus infe- 

 riores maculis glandulosis 2-4 parvis et parum conspicuis notata, tenuia, petiolo 

 lin. 3 longo, slipulis minutis in unam axillarem conflucnlibus. Racemi ad summa 

 folia axillares, multo ipsis breviores ; pedunculi communcs compressi, pilis 

 adpressis albicantes, floriferi oppositi brcvcs, basi bractea slipati laterc glandu- 

 losa, apice bibracteolati, bractcolis glanduliferis (glandulae scutclliformes), in- 

 acquales nunc in ulraque bracieola duae, nunc simplex lantum in allera. Florcs 

 nondum evoluti suppelunt, quibus: calyx 5-partilus cilialus, basi 5-glandulosus, 

 glandulae obovatae cum laciniis allcrnanles, quae pelalo iu praell. intcriori op- 

 ponilur saepius duplex. Petala inaequalia concava. Stamina filamcntis glabris, 

 basi inler se el cum calyce imo concrelis et inde subperigynis, antheris glabris, 

 connectivo vix ullo. Styli 3 cum ovario glabro subpyramidalo conlinui, nunc 

 fere dislincti et singuli cum sligmate planiusculo vel concavo proboscidei, nunc 

 coalili in unum trigonum, stigmalc trilobo tcrminalum. Drupae pediccllo incras- 

 sato tuberculato stipitatae globulosac, Prv/ni tytvettris magnitudine, verruculosae, 

 parce carnosae, endocarpio introrsum attcnuato. — Crescit in Drasilia. 



5. R. MARTIANA Adr. Juss. I. c. 334. — Foiiis oblongis lanceolatis vel subovalis, 

 breviter acuminatis pubcrulis glabralisve lenuibus; calyce 8-glanduloso; ovario 

 triloculari glabro; stylis subdistinctis. 5 vel 6 — Rami juniores compressi subque 

 foliorum inserlione fere ancipites, pilis albidis adpressis conspersi, adulti gla— 

 brali, lenticellis lineaiibus impressi, teretes. Folia lanceolata vel ovato-lanceo- 

 lata, breviter acuminata (poll. 6-4 longa, 2'A-l'A lata), pilis adpressis brcvibus 

 remote adspersa, supra iisdem rarioribus et ocius delcrsis glabrata, subtus nervis 

 prominulis reliculata et sccus inferiores maculis glandulosis 2-4 parum conspicuis 

 impressa, lenuia, peliolo semipollicari adpresso piloso, slipulis 2 brevibus acutis 

 in axilla petioli occultis. Racemi axillares foliis mullo breviorcs; pedunculi com- 

 munes alternatim compressi, pilis adprcssis albicantes, floriferi oppositi bre- 



